At U.S. Open, Venus Williams Beats Kimiko Date-Krumm…and a Bee

Former Champ Wins Her First-Round Match at U.S. Open

Around 90 minutes into her first-round U.S. Open match on Monday, Venus Williams became the victim of some unsportsmanlike conduct. The offender was a renegade bee, which pestered her for more than a minute along the baseline as she attempted to serve.

"Make it go away," Williams told a pair of ball boys, one of whom smothered the insect with a towel and ran off with it.